Chicken Eggs and Meat to Return as Food Aid Commodities

The National Food Agency (Bapanas) has proposed chicken eggs and carcass chicken meat for next year’s food aid programme. “We have proposed it for 2027. This year, if Commission IV of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) desires a budget revision, it could be implemented this year,” said Bapanas Principal Secretary Sestama Edhy in a written statement on Thursday, 25 June 2026. Commission IV of the DPR has approved a supplementary budget submission for Bapanas for 2027 amounting to Rp 17.8 trillion. Part of this budget is allocated for the implementation of the food aid programme, which requires a supply of 5.78 thousand tonnes of chicken meat and 8.67 thousand tonnes of chicken eggs. The programme targets 1.45 million recipients. The statement was made by Sarwo while receiving an audience from the Indonesian Independent People’s Livestock Association (Permindo) on Wednesday, 24 June 2026. Sarwo noted that chicken eggs and carcass chicken meat were previously provided as food aid commodities in 2023 and 2024. Sarwo explained that the proposal to provide food aid in the form of chicken eggs and meat is an effort to stabilise the prices of these two food commodities. Bapanas Director of Food Supply and Price Stabilisation Maino Dwi Hartono, who also attended the audience, stated that the previous food aid implementation had a positive impact on farmers. He said Bapanas had previously tasked ID Food, through the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, with distributing stunting alleviation food aid consisting of 1 kilogramme of chicken meat and 10 chicken eggs. This aid was provided for three months to 1.4 million families. In implementing the food aid, the government collaborated with small, micro, and medium independent farmers. In 2024, a total of 8,778 farmers participated, comprising 6,895 layer chicken farmers and 1,883 broiler chicken farmers with partner status. Beyond the food aid programme, according to Maino, Bapanas will encourage the absorption of poultry products through weekly low-cost food movements. The goal is the same: to gradually curb the decline in farm-gate prices. Another effort involves the national absorption of farmers’ eggs by the Nutritional Fulfilment Service Units (SPPG), rather than being limited to certain regions like East Java and Central Java. He hopes the impact will be felt by farmers when the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) programme becomes active again after the school holidays in mid-July. “If all SPPGs across Indonesia act simultaneously, prices will certainly lift, because the total number of independent farmers is 10 percent,” said Maino. Permindo Chairman Kusnan expressed hope that the integration of independent farmers’ output into government programmes can proceed, including supporting the plan to roll out chicken egg and meat food aid again this year. “The current condition that needs saving is the farmers, who are currently under pressure and finding it quite difficult to continue,” said Kusnan.